The above first record of Braya scharnhorstii from China is based on the type collections of Neotorularia pamirica and Solms-laubachia carnosifolia, as well as on Qinghai-Tibet Team 1151 (HNWP, KUN), from Yecheng Xian, and Qingai-Tibet Team 870474 (KUN), Xinjiang Team 764 (MO, PE), Xinjiang Team 1351 and 2240 (WUK), and Zhu Guiling 56 (XJA), all from Taxkorgan Tajik Zizhixian.

This is the only species of the genus with yellow flowers, pinkish petal claws, and bracteate racemes. Braya pamirica differs from B. scharnhorstii only in having longer fruit, and the difference appears to be continuous and unreliable. The species is highly variable in the density of indumentum, and forms with glabrescent or variously pubescent leaf blades exist.